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MONEYWISE November 1, 2013
Bermuda Investment Primer Chp1 part 2
Another segment in the Bermuda Investment Primer Series.
The United States capital market S&P Index* reached an all-time high last week then settled back by Thursday, o’Halloween Day...
DATE: Nov 02, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
In 2011, when our economists were still telling Bermuda residents that Bermuda was recovering from the recession, Moneywise saw things very differently — having lived (and painfully observed friends, neighbours, and clients’ difficult financial strug...
DATE: Oct 26, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
October 23, 2013
Dear Sir,
Commenting on today’s headline regarding caning in our schools. I have a suggestion, let’s give the children a break and cane the bad principals and teachers instead.
RUSSELL CONYERS
DATE: Oct 26, 2013
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Letters to the Editor
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October 23, 2013
Dear Sir,
We understand the concerns shared by Ms X in an October 14 article in The Royal Gazette concerning mental illness. We’d like to assure Ms X and others dealing with mental health challenges that services are available here i...
DATE: Oct 24, 2013
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Letters to the Editor
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Bermuda Investment Primer Chapter 2 Part 3
Low cost stock index mutuals, the Nobel Prize winner in economics, Eugene Fama (the father of the efficient market hypothesis), and investors held hostage to the US budget impasse.
Investors, the world ove...
DATE: Oct 19, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Reputation, reputation, reputation is the mantra for countries seeking high-grade foreign investment. We, in Bermuda, want to do business with the best of the best: countries and companies with impeccable reputations for transparency, fiscal solvency...
DATE: Sep 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
It was more than a little disconcerting to see the announcement that Bermuda was placed on France’s tax haven list. One would think that there had to be a substantive reason for this pre-emptive label-tarnishing directly before the G20 meeting that j...
DATE: Sep 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
I recently watched an online video commentary by Brian Wesbury at First Trust on basic economics (links to the videos below). What struck me about these pieces was their elegant simplicity in summarising what many would consider complex economic aspe...
DATE: Aug 19, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
Should you be watching your investment portfolio? Reuters and several other business media reported last week that the S&P market index was less than a percentage point away from its all–time high. Even with that assessment, trading market volume is ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
A rather patronising phrase of Mr GB Shaw’s, but last weekend in Wales, attending my (dare I admit it) 20-year high school reunion, I glimpsed its reality.
Mine was no horrendous Hollywood-version of high school. I have been looking forward to return...
DATE: Aug 13, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt